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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RILEY D. PLUNKETT AND JASON P. ROLLINS, OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS.

HEEL.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 235,290, dated December 7, 1880.

Application filed June 5, 1880. (Model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, RILEY D. PLUNKEIT and J ASON P. ROLLINS, of Little Bock, Pulaski county, Arkansas, have invented a new and Improved Heel, of which the following is a specification.

The object of our invention is to provide a new and improved heel, which is simple in construction, and can be readily removed and attached.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of therear part of a shoe and of a heel. Fig. 2 is across-sectional elevation of the saine on line a7, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view of the under side ot' the heel part ofthe sole, and Fig. 4 is a top view ofthe heel.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The heel-plate M, attached to the top of the heelA, is constructed with adovetailed groove, B, in its upper surface, and the heel part O of lthe sole D is provided with a corresponding dovetailed tongue, E. Both the heel part C of the sole D and the upper surface of the heelplate M are provided with a groove, F, which forms an aperture for a screw, G, when the heel and sole are united.

The tongue E of the heel part C of the sole is passed into the dovetailed groove B in the heel-plate M, whereby these two part-s are held together. To prevent them from separating, a screw, G, is screwed into the aperture formed by the grooves F, and as the screw takes in the heel part C of the sole and the l1eelplate M, it prevents the tongueE from being drawn out of the groove B.'

The-above-described heel can easily be renewed when worn off, and any kind of heel can be attached to the heel-plate M. If the heels become worn off on the inner edges they may be changed from one foot to the other, and are thus worn oft' equally on both edges.

Evidently the above arrangement may be reversed, and the heel-plate M may be provided with the tongue, and the heel part of 45 the sole may be provided with the groove.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with the heel-plate M, provided with the dovetail groove B, of the heelplate@` of the sole, provided with a dovetailed tongue, E, and of a screw, G, passing into groove F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

RILEY DAVIS PLUNKETT. JASON l?. ROLLINS. Witnesses:

En. A. REYNOLDS, G. M. FUTHEY. 

